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Vietnamese boy dies from first recorded bird flu death of 2005

Infection Control Monitor, January 7, 2005

Vietnam recorded its first death from bird flu in 2005 when a 9-year-old boy succumbed to the virus this week, Reuters reports.

So far this year, Vietnam has slaughtered 4,000 poultry because of fears of a new outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu.

Thirty people died in Vietnam last year from bird flu and spread of the virus resulted in the slaughter of thousands of poultry. The virus has also ravaged the poultry industry in other Asian countries and caused other deaths, including in Thailand.

The World Health Organization last week warned that Vietnam could face new outbreaks as poultry is transported around the country in advance of the Lunar New Year celebrations. Health officials have raised concern that the bird flu could be the next human flu pandemic.

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